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Once I get it set up and working I will let you know how it goes. Will probably be a few weeks before I do another brew so hopefully I'll have it set up by then.

Yes I believe we both have the klarstein fullhorn, it's great for my needs. I do lift it up with the handles and stand it on a table to drain. However I have recently ordered a pump to ease the lifting and for safety.

This is the 'no chill' method which a lot of members use. Because the wort stays hotter for longer than when using a chiller you may find that more bitterness is extracted from the hops. Recipes can be altered to compensate for this, often by adding the hops later in the boil.

Welcome to the forum @Davina and congratulations on getting your first brew done athumb.. In addition to what has already been advised it is important post-fermentation to ensure as little oxygen as possible is mixed with the beer. If I understand your post correctly then you poured the beer...

16L Hop Harvest pale ale Total: 1258L

16L of my Hop Harvest pale ale. This is a re-brew of one I did a few months ago and is made with my home grown Prima Donna hops. Also the first brew I have done using my RO filter. Our water is very hard and high alkalinity so it needed 7:1 RO:tap water to get to the desired profile. Thanks to...

Thank you @Hazelwood Brewery for the great review and for taking the time to write such detailed feedback. Glad you enjoyed it :D The OG was 1.062 and FG 1.024 giving 5% but it has quite a bit of lactose in which probably gives the overall effect you mention. Cheers acheers.

If I understand the OP correctly then the question was whether pumping from a basement 1.5m below the bar was a problem?? If so then of course this is the set up of most pubs is it not...?

Received a delivery from brew UK which should be a years worth of grain plus 2 more kegs from brew keg tap - looking forward to a good years brewing athumb..

I assume he means a ball lock disconnect with mfl thread

I'm sure it will be fine but if it isn't then you will have learned a valuable lesson which is what it's all about...

Yes, just keep them in the dark. Storing them in a cardboard box with a lid will do.

Welcome to the forum athumb.. The smell of the mash reminds my partner to come and moan about how much it smells :laugh8:

Welcome to the forum athumb..

Welcome to the forum and good luck athumb.. A couple of months of research before getting stuck in sounds plenty so give it a go!

A lovely pint of my chocolate stout while my partner has committed heresy and used my five grain lager to make a shandy ashock1

Welcome to the forum athumb..

Welcome to the forum athumb..

With a bit more patience I have had another play with the regulator tonight and it seems like it is working correctly but just with the gauge having 20 as the 0 point. So I have connected the gas and going to see what happens so at least I can get some co2 into the beer. Kudos to jonny at brew...

I have used a qmax punch on plastic to good effect before